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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Hegai
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Heb. Hegay', הֵגִי, perh. eunuch, Esther 2:8; Esther 2:15; Sept. Τα ‹,Vulg. Egeus) or He'ge (Heb. id. הֵגֶא idem, Esther 2:3; Sept. omits, Vulg. Egeus), the eunuch having charge of the harem of Xerxes, and the preparation of the females sought as concubines for him. B.C. 479. Winer (Wö rterbuch s.v.) thinks he may be the same with Hegias ( ῾Ηγίας), who is mentioned by Ctesias (Perseus, 24) as present at the check of the Persian army at Thermopylae.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hegai'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/h/hegai.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hegai'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/h/hegai.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
